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cStatevsZero-K

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

cStateZero-K
Score62/10062/100
Rank in category#7 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars2 901877
Stars, last 30 days+6+26
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev7-r1 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
Main languageHTMLLua

Which one should you pick?

cState and Zero-K score the same (62/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

cState ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Zero-K.

Zero-K is growing faster right now (+26 stars in 30 days).

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